Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965-1973, drama

30 minutes

Thirty-Minute Theatre is an anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, which was used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short running length, and which therefore attracted...

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1

Parson's Pleasure

1965-10-07

2

Give the Clown His Supper

1965-10-14

3

Portrait of a Madonna

1965-10-21

4

Pay as You Go

1965-10-28

5

Monica

1965-11-04

6

Love in Triplicate

1965-11-11

7

Application Form

1965-11-18

8

The Late Arrival of the Incoming Aircraft

1965-11-25

9

Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat

1965-12-02

10

Mr. Ponge

1965-12-09

11

That's Not My Name

1965-12-16

12

Family Christmas

1965-12-23

13

The Passenger

1965-12-30

14

The Flipside

1966-01-03

15

The Enchanted Night

1966-01-10

16

Four-Way Incident

1966-01-17

17

Brothers

1966-01-24

18

Janni! Oh Janni!

1966-01-31

19

The Sugar Cubes

1966-02-07

20

Case Suspended

1966-02-14

21

Ships of the Line

1966-02-21

22

Keep on Running

1966-02-28

23

Not for Just an Hour

1966-03-07

24

'Twas on a Sunday

1966-03-14

25

Magnolia Summer

1966-03-28

26

A Girl's Best Friend

1966-04-04

27

Emergency Ward 9

1966-04-11

28

A Letter from the Country

1966-04-18

29

The Caramel Crisis

1966-04-25

30

Don't Go Down to the Bingo Mother, Father's Coming to Tea

1966-05-02

31

The House Mouse

1966-05-09

32

The Hard Word

1966-05-16

33

Ella

1966-05-23

34

The Window

1966-05-30

35

Friday Night's the Best Night

1966-06-06

36

A Good Reason for Getting Married

1966-06-13

37

The Queen Street Girls

1966-06-20

38

They Put You Where You Are

1966-06-27

42

The Sounds of War

1966-10-24

44

Play to Win

1966-11-07

45

Confession

1966-11-21

46

Wife in a Blonde Wig

1966-11-21

47

O-Goshi

1966-11-28

48

First Catch Your Hare...

1966-12-05

49

Brainscrew

1966-12-12

50

The Towers of Manhattan

1966-12-19

51

Taste

1967-01-04

53

The Suede Jacket

1967-01-18

54

Oldenberg

1967-01-26

56

Teeth

1967-02-08

57

Turn Off If You Know the Ending

1967-02-15

58

An Absolute Treasure

1967-02-22

59

Go Tell It on Table Mountain

1967-03-01

61

Two and Two Make Twenty Two

1967-03-22

62

Wanted

1967-03-29

63

The Gun

1967-04-12

65

Boa Constrictor

1967-04-26

66

The Isle Is Full of Noises

1967-05-03

68

The Sufferings of Peter Obiznov

1967-05-17

69

Haven't You People Got Homes?

1967-05-24

70

That Woman

1967-05-31

71

The Other Side

1967-06-07

72

The Wake

1967-06-14

73

Child Marlene

1967-06-21

76

The Timekeepers

1967-10-09

77

You Meet All Sorts

1967-10-16

78

The Tape Recorder

1967-10-23

80

Have It on the House

1967-11-06

81

Notice! Meeting in Progress

1967-11-27

82

A Time of Wolves and Tigers

1967-12-06

83

The Keys on the Streets

1967-12-13

85

The Metal Martyr

1967-12-27

86

A Private Place

1968-01-03

87

The News Benders

1968-01-10

88

Diary of an Encounter

1968-01-17

91

Child's Play

1968-02-07

93

The Unquiet Man

1968-02-21

94

The Interview

1968-02-28

96

A Personal Affair

1968-03-13

98

Father's Day

1968-03-27

99

Pleasent Dreams, Fernando

1968-04-03

100

The Sinner

1968-04-10

101

It's on You John

1968-04-24

102

Standing by for Santa Claus

1968-05-01

104

Thank God for U.D.I.!

1968-05-15

105

Still Death

1968-05-22

108

Number 30, Approximately

1968-06-19

109

A Question of Honour

1968-06-26

110

Baby

1968-09-09

111

A Matter of Principle

1968-09-16

112

The Flag

1968-09-23

113

The Chequers Manoeuvre

1968-09-30

114

Something to Hide: The First Floor

1968-10-07

116

Something to Hide: The Caretaker's Flat

1968-10-21

117

Of Public Concern

1968-11-04

118

Cause of Death

1968-11-11

119

The Last Victim

1968-11-18

121

The Bishop and the Actress

1968-11-25

123

Cross Examine

1968-12-16

125

Game, Set and Match

1968-12-30

126

Where Have They Gone, All the Little Children

1969-01-06

127

Absolute Aggers and Torters

1969-01-13

128

These Men Are Dangerous: Mussolini

1969-01-20

129

These Men Are Dangerous: Hitler

1969-01-27

130

These Men Are Dangerous: Stalin

1969-02-03

132

First Confession

1969-02-20

133

The Boat to Addis Ababa

1969-02-27

134

A Hot Day

1969-03-06

135

Roses, Roses, All the Way

1969-03-13

136

The Victims: A Degree of Stress

1969-03-20

137

The Victims: Frontier

1969-03-27

138

The Victims: Progressive Blues

1969-04-03

139

Invasion

1969-04-10

140

A Nice Cool Pad in the Sky

1969-04-24

141

Bermondsey

1972-06-19

142

Conversation at Night

1969-05-08

143

Roly Poly

1969-05-15

144

...And Was Invited to Form a Government

1969-05-22

147

Gangster

1969-09-28

148

Trial

1969-10-05

149

A Formula for Treason

1969-10-12

153

Aggers and Torters: Psy-Fi

1969-11-16

154

Aggers and Torters: Hickory Dickory

1969-11-23

156

The Switch

1969-12-14

157

The Discharge of Trooper Lusby

1969-12-28

158

Laffin' Gas

1970-01-10

159

The Chief Whip Sends His Compliments

1970-01-17

160

Reparation

1970-01-24

161

The Scarecrows

1970-01-31

162

Laying It Off for Spangle

1970-02-07

163

Home Is Where You Hang Your Hat

1970-02-14

164

What a Pity You Can't Stay Longer

1970-02-21

167

All My Own Army

1970-03-28

168

Whispers

1970-04-04

169

Revolutions: Cromwell

1970-04-11

170

Revolutions: Lenin

1970-04-18

172

Is That Your Body Boy?

1970-05-09

175

Lilly: Part 1

1970-06-06

176

Lilly: Part 2

1970-06-13

177

Ben

1970-06-20

178

An Uncertain Sound

1970-06-27

179

Hope

1970-07-04

180

Good Times

1970-07-25

181

Tropical Wednesdays

1970-08-01

183

The Year of the Crow

1970-10-02

185

Tribunal

1970-10-16

186

Helen

1970-10-30

188

The Editor Regrets

1970-11-27

190

Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Meets a Man Going to St. Ives

1970-12-11

191

Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Encounters the English Class System

1970-12-18

193

Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Plays Cops and Robbers

1971-01-01

194

Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Knows the Criminal But Not the Crime

1971-01-08

195

But Now They Are Fled

1971-01-11

196

Faith

1971-01-18

197

Terrible Jim Fitch

1971-01-25

198

The Bequest

1971-02-01

199

Me MacKenna

1971-02-08

200

The Proposal

1971-02-15

201

Asquith in Orbit

1971-02-22

202

Happy Days Are Here Again

1971-03-01

203

The Railwayman's New Clothes

1971-03-08

204

No Charge for the Extra Service

1971-03-15

206

The Waiting Room

1971-03-29

208

Death's Head

1971-05-24

209

Jilly

1971-05-31

210

Something for the Children

1971-06-07

211

The Room They Left

1971-06-14

212

Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Crisis

1971-07-05

213

Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Suspect

1971-07-12

214

Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Inquiry

1971-07-19

215

Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Retreat

1971-07-26

217

Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Breakthrough

1971-08-09

218

Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Decision

1971-08-16

219

Walt, King of the Dumper

1971-09-20

220

Soldier Ants

1971-09-27

221

Gun Play

1971-10-04

222

Combing Down His Yellow Hair

1971-10-11

223

The Moonlighters

1971-10-18

224

Getting In

1971-10-25

225

Psychological Warefare

1971-11-01

226

A Settled Sort of Life

1971-11-08

228

Blues in the Morning

1971-11-22

229

Jenkins

1971-11-29

231

Farewell Performance

1971-12-06

233

A Wen

1971-12-27

234

Not Counting the Savages

1972-01-03

235

Uncle Rollo

1972-01-10

236

They Don't All Open Men's Boutiques

1972-01-17

237

The Penthouse Appartment

1972-01-24

238

An Affair of Honour

1972-01-30

239

An Arrow for Little Audrey

1972-02-21

240

That Quiet Earth

1972-02-28

241

Said the Preacher

1972-03-06

243

Under the Age

1972-03-20

247

Mill Hill

1972-05-22

248

King's Cross Lunch Time

1972-05-29

252

Hands

1972-08-14

253

Lushly

1972-08-21

254

Too Far

1972-08-28

255

Thrills Galore

1972-09-04

256

The Arguement

1972-09-11

257

The Seventh Juror

1972-09-18

258

I Spy a Stranger

1972-09-25

259

The Judge's Wife

1972-10-02

267

Krapp's Last Tape

1972-11-29

268

The Chauffer and the Lady

1972-12-06

269

You've Been a Long Time Alfred

1972-12-13

270

The Japanese Student

1973-01-03

272

Playthings

1973-01-17

273

Is Nellie Dead?

1973-01-24

274

A Chance Encounter

1973-01-31

277

Atrocity

1973-03-15

281

The Baby's Name Being Kitchener

1973-04-26

282

Kamikaze in a Coffee Bath

1973-05-03

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